Severe Hazards
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The Severe Hazards Analysis and Verification Experiment (SHAVE) is a unique project that blends high-resolution radar data with geographic information. The primary objective of this experiment is to collect high temporal and spatial resolution data that describe the distribution of hail sizes ,wind damage and flash flooding produced by severe thunderstorms. These data will enable several goals, including:
The high spatial and temporal resolution of the dataset collected during the project will facilitate the development of decision-making tools that improve forecasts and warnings of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, and pave the way for improvements to the historical severe storms database. The project runs approximately from mid-May through mid-August of every year. Real-time severe weather analysis tools from the WDSS-II system are used to enhance data collection via verification telephone calls and internet multimedia news sources. The WDSS-II products are available throughout the contiguous 48 states on a daily basis, allowing data collection throughout the summer and minimizing the number of "down days". These remote verification efforts can begin immediately following a storm's passage at any given point.
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